Giant Me, paint and pencil on brown craft paper, 3 x 7 feet or .9144 x 2.136 meters. 2008.
The Artful Readers Club for March
The Walking Dead Compendium One by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard { and some other folks} Charlie Adlard recently admitted in an interview that he often makes up his characters on the page. A fact which can cause any serious character designer to bow in admiration. As you can see the likeness of the graphic novel with the AMC show is very close. Tweet Review: A long, arduous display of how a few people can entertain the masses. Since I am reading and watching The Walking Dead simultaneously, I am constantly comparing the two. Fans of the television series will be pleased to know that the graphic novel is just as interesting, if not more so. The details are very different in the first 48 issues of the graphic novel, for example, Carl is a lot younger and has a playmate Sophie..whose fate in the television series is quite astonishing. There are endless differences, but the overall storyline remains consistent in both versions which is; what happens to people during a...
First impressions on meeting this lovely lady (they always say these are the most important - not sure if it's true in the art world) is that the style reminds me a lot of both Kandinsky and Klimt (although mostly the latter). I don't know if this is because of the gold and the intricate patterning. In particular, the painting reminds me of Klimt’s ‘Adele’ and ‘Lady with Fan’ (because of the flowers and birds association).
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There are two birds in the image, mirroring/inverting each other. One looks the model in the face, the other looks at us with one eye… The bird in white pencil on the top right and the blue bird on the front of the dress…
The texture in the cap stands out as a technique from the rest of the composition. I wonder why this is?
It is interesting that there is no body to be seen… Quite Renaissance in that kind of effect (also with the feathers in the cap).
The flying flowers remind me of bees (the birds and the bees…)
Just to add - to be very honest, I like the black and white version better (you knew I would say this, it was a test, right?!)
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